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Survey of Natural and Social Scientists and Engineers (SSE), 1989 (ICPSR 9504)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This longitudinal study provides information on workers
engaged in natural science, social science, engineering, and related
occupations. Respondents were interviewed in 1982, 1984, 1986, and
1989. Questions were asked on education and training both on and off
the job, employment status and job characteristics, marital status and
presence of children at home, and physical disabilities or limitations.

This longitudinal study provides information on workers
engaged in natural science, social science, engineering, and related
occupations. Respondents were interviewed in 1982, 1984, 1986, and
1989. Questions were asked on education and training both on and off
the job, employment status and job characteristics, marital status and
presence of children at home, and physical disabilities or limitations.

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Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. SURVEY OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS (SSE), 1989. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09504.v1

Scope of Study

Universe:
The universe consists of persons identified in the 1980
Census as being in one of several scientific or engineering occupations
and as having certain educational and occupational characteristics.
These characteristics include having completed four years of college
(two years for engineering fields), having been a member of the
civilian labor force within the past five years, and having the most
recent job fall into one of the designated scientific or engineering
occupations.